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rouser

noun

Etymology

From rouse + -er.

  1. derived from russus
  2. derived from rous — “red-haired”
  3. suffixed as rouser — “rouse + er”

Definitions

  1. Something very exciting or stimulating.

  2. One who rouses another from sleep.

  3. A stirrer in a copper for boiling wort.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A roustabout.

      • They are all shearers, or at least they say they are. Some might be only ‘rousers.’
      • The shearers threw some blankets in / To make another swag, / The rousers gave a billycan / And brand new tucker bag; […]

    2. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA